Manual Reference Pages - SDCV (1)

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sdcv is simple, cross-platform text-base utility
for work with dictionaries in StarDicts format.
The word from "list of words" may be string
with leading / for using Fuzzy search algorithm,
with leading | for using full-text search,
string may contain ? and * for using regexp search.
It work in interactive and not interactive mode.
To exit from interactive mode press Ctrl+D.
In interactive mode,
if sdcv was compiled with readline library support,
you can use UP and DOWN keys to work through history.

Place, where sdcv expect to find dictionaries.
Instead of /usr/local/share/stardict/dic you can use everything
that you want, just set STARDICT_DATA_DIR enviroment variable.
For example, if you have dictionaries in /mnt/data/stardict-dicts/dic,
set STARDICT_DATA_DIR to /mnt/data/stardict-dicts.

$(HOME)/.sdcv_history

This file include last $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) words, which you seek with sdcv.
SDCV use this file only if it was compiled with readline library support.